Point, Chipped Stone Item Number: 1999-97/8 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Description
The tip and base of the point are broken. It is difficult to determine the type of base because of how it is broke. One side is side-notched and the appears to be stemmed (?). The point was wrapped in paper on which was noted: "Arrowhead Whidbey Island, Washington Petrified Wood Found below sand dune on Jacob Ebey Donation Claim bluff near Coupeville by Ronald Taylor 1945 W1-1" KJG February 2000
Geographical Search Terms
Island County North America Northwest Coast Pacific Northwest Puget Sound Washington State Western United States Western Washington
Item History
- Collected by Ronald Taylor on January 1, 1945
What
- Name
- Point, Chipped Stone
- Identification Number
- 1999-97/8
- Type of Item
- chipped stone point
- Material
- petrified wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- flaked, bifacially flaked, stemmed and side-notched
- Overall
- length 5.5 cm, width 2.0 cm, height 0.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 8.5 g
Who
- Field Collector
- Ronald Taylor
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
When
- Collection Date
- on January 1, 1945
Other
- Accession Number
- 1999-97
- Collection
- Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
- Object Count
- 0
- Object Category
- Stone
- Object Sub Category
- Stone, Chipped